HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself.A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she."I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear."I will not stay," she said, with a pout,"To hear my character lied about!" --Gopete Sherany

DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead --a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.